This is now a creepypasta thread

I donated my DVD collection (200ish titles) to my local library last year. Warmed my heart a bit to read this.

Withdrawal is an unpleasant, but necessary, part of detox.

On the other hand, I 100% agree it’s going to be a shit show. Technological development has outpaced the law as long as I’ve been alive, and the disparity is only growing… Authorities are not equipped to provide solutions to the problems that technology has created, and continues to create.

“And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”

- The Guy Who Thinks He Can Do Anything

‘Mirrored’ by Battles (2007).

They’ve got a mostly traditional setup and instrumentation, but the sounds they make are really strange and unique. Sometimes the words of the songs aren’t real words. It’s just really out there, from start to finish.

Or they’re like my neighbor, whose dash was completely covered a day or two after he got his Jeep. Plus handprint stickers on his mirrors, which I guess is another Jeepstagram trend?

A third of a nation, who only recently labeled their political opponents as “sheep,” now vocally proud to be “socially asleep.”

The irony would be comedic, if the results weren’t so tragic.

There’s a local talk radio station I sometimes enjoy, that’s been pushing this product/service a lot lately. The ad copy is exactly like all those old generic boner pill ads (which I never hear anymore, interestingly)… The setup is a list of typical male social anxieties plus vague stuff like ‘feeling tired,’ then they promise that more Testosterone is gonna fix all that up for you. Not surprising that it’d be sold on social media too.

I was just talking to someone at a party about what games we’d been playing, and we also had to fully stop and think a while to remember the actual name of the Bethesda Space Game™.

It’s not just a memecoin, it’s a movement!

My wife and I wore our Renaissance Faire outfits for Halloween this year. A really good Ren Faire costume, IMO, looks medieval but has lots of customizations that make it look more authentic and lived-in, which I think just takes time and multiple iterations. So, we put a little money (<$20) and time (a few hours) into “upgrading” them throughout the year when we can get deals on various components. Grand total, we’re still at less than $100 each.

Fuck it, I’m ready, bring on the Death Balls

The guy in the hotdog suit is Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake, this was the Hulkster’s idea of revenge porn.

Just more propaganda from the haves to the have-nots. Everything that sucks about your life is directly related to your personal lack of willpower, your unwillingness to hustle, your inability to see the ways the market moves and pivot in just the right way and at just the right moment. No, don’t look at your neighbors, stop noticing all the other crabs in the bucket, this is your shortcoming. This is because you suck. Work more hours, sacrifice more of your connection to nature and friends and family, stop asking questions. What is life if not servitude? What is existence if not submission? Stop thinking and start doing what you’re told. Don’t look up. Don’t you EVER look up.

See: Tragedy of the Commons

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Cutting out more middle-men standing in between you and the content™ you want:

Just describe the website you’d like to visit, and Atlas will generate it for you, complete with hallucinated ideas and words, plainly incorrect basic math, and extra fingers.

Right? There was a window of time where it felt like the free market doing it’s thing and presenting a more desirable option at a greater value. Anymore it feels like AirBnB and hotels have reached equilibrium in their efforts to provide as little as possible at the greatest price.

We opted for a big name hotel last time we traveled, got a discounted rate that was close to any AirBnB after all the taxes and fees settled, and the experience was for shit. There was 1 person working the check-in counter, the lobby cafe, and answering the phones. The room was dirty and nobody answered the phone or returned the call about it. Food from the lobby was crap and cost more than going out would have. Check in and check out times were ridiculous.

We’re back to AirBnB this time around. I’ll say that it matters a lot who the owner is, but at least we get a shot at a decent accommodation… We don’t stay anywhere that has ridiculous “rules” or chores or looks like an IKEA inside.

What AI democratizes in art, is the perception of skill.

I was a professional artist for many years, and often noted a strong preference for photo-realistic art among non-artists, often to the exclusion of any other style or aesthetic. The people around me who tried to draw or paint or sculpt, even just one time, often had an appreciation for a more diverse array of approaches and media.

To me, most AI ‘art’ feels like the product of ‘artists’ who don’t even really like art.

Cool, I was just wondering what I should should dream about tonight.